Now online! Citrate clearance is a major function of aconitase 2 in the canonical TCA cycle
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Citrate clearance is an essential function of the TCA cycle via the activity of aconitase 2.
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Thank you so much for highlighting our work- Truly spot on and a great title!
The main function of the TCA cycle is to feed electrons into the respiratory chain.
..wait, what!? It also clears excess citrate, because otherwise you get severe kidney damage?
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@cp-cell.bsky.social is on 🔥 with #immunemetabolism! Zheng &co show that excessive glycolysis-driven pyrivate cause pyruvylation of STAT1 preventing #interferon signaling 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... & Finley &co show that ACO2 clears citrate preventing integrated stress response & kidney degeneration👇
Very happy to share our new paper. Together with our wonderful collaborators, we found that L-2-HG, a metabolite often viewed as “toxic,” also has an essential physiological function in mice. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Beyond its traditional role in supporting bioenergetic and biosynthetic demands, the
canonical TCA cycle is also essential for nutrient clearance. When pyruvate oxidation
and citrate production increa...
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Beyond its traditional role in supporting bioenergetic and biosynthetic demands, the canonical TCA cycle is also essential for nutrient clearance. When pyruvate oxidation and citrate production increase, aconitase 2 becomes essential to prevent mitochondrial citrate accumulation, which can trigger the integrated stress response and impair cell fitness.
l-2-Hydroxyglutarate is identified as a legitimate physiological signalling metabolite, and control of its levels is essential for postnatal growth and survival and correct renal development and funct...
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Beyond its traditional role in supporting bioenergetic and biosynthetic demands, the
canonical TCA cycle is also essential for nutrient clearance. When pyruvate oxidation
and citrate production increa...
One more thing- here, together with amazing human being, friend & stellar physician scientist Abby Xie, we identify a new function of the TCA cycle, which is citrate clearance, now online at @cellpress.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
A big chunk of my postdoctoral work on cell-state dependent metabolism is now out at @cp-molcell.bsky.social: www.cell.com/molecular-ce... 1/
Check out our Spotlight in Molecular Cell on @lydiafinley.bsky.social's lab recent work on Aconitase 2 and its protective role against impaired cell fitness and ISR activation due to mitochondrial citrate accumulation authors.elsevier.com/c/1n3Nn3vVUP...
